Sources: Kiffin, players fulfill in the middle of job speculation
In the middle of speculation he’s leaving for the Auburn head-coaching job, Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin met with his players Tuesday and ensured them that he hasn’t accepted a task at any other school, sources told ESPN.Kiffin as a guideline does not respond to coaching rumors, but sources informed ESPN that he felt as if he owed it to his players and their parents to officially resolve the circumstance after a report surfaced Monday by WCBI-TV in Columbus, Mississippi, that Kiffin planned to step down Friday and head to Auburn. WCBI-TV also reported that Auburn had yet to officially use the job to anyone. 1 Related”He told the players his focus was on Mississippi State and nothing else which
any reports out
there about his accepting another deal were totally incorrect,”sources informed ESPN.Ole Miss faces Mississippi State on Thursday night in their annual Egg Bowl rivalry in Oxford.Sources informed ESPN that Kiffin and Liberty
‘s Hugh Freeze are at the forefront of Auburn’s training search. Auburn and Alabama play Saturday in their Iron Bowl competition game in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Cadillac Williams, a former star running back at Auburn, has actually led the Tigers to 2 straight wins as interim coach after changing the fired Bryan Harsin.Kiffin, in his 3rd season at Ole Miss, guided the Rebels to their first 10-win regular season a year back. Ole Miss is 8-3 this season but has lost 3 of its previous four games
, consisting of a 42-27 problem last weekend at Arkansas, a game in which it trailed 42-6 at one point.Kiffin was asked afterward about being considered as Auburn’s top target and stated he was excited about the future at Ole Miss.”So I do not know about all that stuff out there, No. 1 [
candidate] things, “Kiffin told press reporters after the Arkansas loss.” Possibly if they viewed the first half, I would not be No. 1 any longer.”